Sentence examples for abandon for from inspiring English sources

To ensure its stimulative effect, he would abandon for now the imperative of offsetting tax increases.

Having relinquished that argument under political pressure, the country is left to wonder what other principles he may abandon for political ends.

In the on-field discussions, Andrew Strauss was a passive partner but he had no problem with the decision taken to abandon for the day.

He should abandon for good his push to change the Constitution so that he can run for a third term in 2013.

"Well, listen, I don't have the luxury of having a job that I can simply abandon for five weeks, and I imagine that that is the situation for most people in the country," she told a reporter.

But some heroes are too good to abandon for ever (as Conan Doyle and others found), and now Bascombe is back, to the probable pleasure of all who enjoy his chewy observational style.

The field was abandoned for a time.

"Those plans are abandoned for now".

Narrative, therefore, is abandoned for sensation.

It had been abandoned for 10 years.

§ 1.316 Application abandoned for failure to pay issue fee.